Austin Bradford Hill Professions : Statistician Born : July 8, 1897 Died : April 18, 1991 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Austin Bradford Hill All scientific work is incomplete - whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge. That does not confer upon us a freedom to ignore the knowledge we already have, to postpone action that it appears to demand at a given time. Who knows, asks Robert Browning, but the world may end tonight? True, but on available evidence most of us make ready to commute on the 8:30 next day. Austin Bradford Hill upset next-day doe The statistical method is required in the interpretation of figures which are at the mercy of numerous influences, and its object is to determine whether individual influences can be isolated and their effects measured. The essence of the method lies in the determination that we are really comparing like with like, and that we have not overlooked a relevant factor which is present in Group A and absent from Group B. The variability of human beings in their illnesses and in their reactions to them is a fundamental reason for the planned clinical trial and not against it. Austin Bradford Hill determination science lying Similar Authors Bradley Efron statistician Andrew Gelman statistician Andreas Schleicher statistician Adrian Smith statistician Don Berry statistician Dennis Lindley statistician All Authors
